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People don't generally die because of a YouTube video. And if that were a risk, you could report it and Google would take it down.
by dbreunig 4y ago
People don't generally die because of a YouTube video. And if that were a risk, you could report it and Google would take it down.
- kevingadd 4y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-... https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/whatsapp-destroyed-village-lynchings-rainpada-india https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/whatsapp-de... > Five days after the event, the police had rounded up most of the suspects. Each admitted to attacking the five men — all nomads passing through Rainpada, a tribal hamlet 200 miles northeast of Mumbai — and each said they’d done so after watching shocking videos on WhatsApp warning of outsiders abducting children. Turns out that in the recent past content including videos (not on YouTube, but shared on other social media services via group chats etc) has in fact resulted in deaths!
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